Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
Smart idea as there is an agreement between CASA and the CAA with receiprocal rights. Make a big noise politically about it and you can quite legally fly around Australia on a ZK rego. Vincent did it for years including RPT.
Vincent did it on a ZK rego but only with the 146 I believe, which only did charters for mining co. I believe.
That said a NZ AOC must be worth much more than an Australian AOC.
Imagine not having to deal with CASA at all & only having to meet NZCAA rules, which are apparently much much simpler.
Think a few smaller NZL airlines are looking to branch out in to Australia, as it's apparently very easy to ZK regos to fly here.
Think there is some rule that states, NZL operations must be greater than OZ ops, but am sure that could be interpreted a number of ways, ie. charter vs RPT.